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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rolling For Value

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in a lesson to comprehend the concept of probability while rolling dice. They recognize patterns while making observations and recording the data for each roll. Students also review place values while playing a game...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Radon Alert: Understanding Odds

For Teachers 5th
In this radon alert:  understanding odds worksheet, 5th graders predict results of rolling dice and record data in a chart, then compare odds of events and occupations, then compare that with radon exposure.
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Probability: Probability (Part 4)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Video lesson solving for compound probability with free-throw shooting percentages by finding the probability of the complementary event. Includes the beginning of an example with rolling dice. [9:59]
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Journey Into Cryptography: Probability Space

For Students 9th - 10th
How to understand & calculate probability visually.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 5.1 Sample Spaces and Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section explores how to determine the sample space, or possible outcomes, for an event such as rolling dice. It also investigates how to determine the probability of different outcomes occurring for an activity such as flipping a...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp Rolling Dice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Roll two dice 10 times. After each roll, note whether any sixes were observed and record your results in the table below. Aligns with 7.SP.C.7.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Simple Probability

For Students 6th - 8th
Practice finding probabilities of events, such as rolling dice, drawing marbles out of a bag, and spinning spinners. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Probability Simulations App

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This App allows students to explore probability theory with interactive animation that simulates rolling dice, tossing coins, and generating random numbers. They use evaluation options such as bar graphs and table of trials data....
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Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Rolling Races

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students play a game by rolling dice and determining the probability of outcomes of colors.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Bit of a Dicey Problem

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Short website offers a look into the theoretical probability of tossing dice. Several questions related to the throwing of dice are included.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Are Dice Fair or Not?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Is it fair or not fair? That is the question. Try this math challenge where you use your probability and number sense skills to determine whether or not a game is fair. Find out how mastering this challenge can be useful in real life...
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Activity
California State University

Cal State San Bernardino: Intro to Probability Models

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The concept of random variables comes to life with this Applet used to roll one, two, six, or nine dice. The user selects the number of rolls to be completed, and the program quickly counts and graphs the results.

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